Today in History for April 1900
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 22 of 22
1st - 1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People"
2nd - 1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam)
2nd - The Foraker Act passes through Congress, giving Puerto Ricans limited self-rule.
4th - Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
4th - British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet
5th - Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails
6th - James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
11th - US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut
14th - President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris
14th - Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley forms
15th - An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs
15th - International Exposition opens in Paris
16th - US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps
17th - 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession
19th - 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4
19th - Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
23rd - 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal)
24th - Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer
26th - AL opener in Cleve draws 6,500
30th - 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match
30th - USA annexes Hawaii
30th - Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 34 of 34
1st - Robert McDowell, Mayor of Maryborough, Queensland (d. 1988)
2nd - Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist
2nd - Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
3rd - Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon
5th - Spencer Tracy, Milwaukee, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib)
6th - Andres Sas, composer
6th - Leo Robin, US writer (Thanks For the Memory)
7th - Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, England, 50K walker (Olympic-bronze-1952)
9th - Allen Jenkins, Staten Island, actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit)
10th - Jean Duvieusart, premier (Belgium 1950)
11th - Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)
13th - Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976)
14th - Salvatore Baccaloni, Rome, actor (Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby)
16th - Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author (House is not a Home)
18th - Louise Tazewell, [Louise Skiller Tazewell], entertainer
19th - Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth)
19th - Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (d. 1991)
20th - Fred Raymond, composer
20th - Kees Verwey, painter/water colors painter/cartoonist
23rd - Ary Verhaar, composer
23rd - Henry Barraud, composer
23rd - Joseph Green, film maker
23rd - Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (d. 1959)
25th - Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, diplomat
25th - Lord Gladwyn, MP (Liberal)
25th - Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss/Us physicist (Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945)
26th - Charles Richter, Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist (Richter scale)
26th - Douglas Sirk, director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje)
26th - James Sutherland, English literature scholar/actor (Rob Roy 1953)
26th - Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)
27th - Walter Lantz, animator (Woody Woodpecker's creator)
28th - Bruno Apitz, writer
28th - Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (hypothesized "Oort Cloud")
28th - Maurice Thorez, secretary-general (French Communist Party)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 6 of 6
4th - Edward VII, King, assassinated
5th - Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/S African general, dies in battle
20th - Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies
21st - Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55
24th - George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76
30th - John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck
